Hard with xp pro, 120gb, sata. Try to reinstall windows from cd. Steps: enter, <F8>, enter... and when ask for fresh instalation or R, types R because want to save datas, xp goes to copy system files, and when done, at point "setup saving configuration" wait...wait, then displayed: "Setup can not set the required Windows XP configuration information. This indicates an internal setup error. Contact your system administrator. " Take out hdd from this machine and put it to another - same thing. Make clone (Northon Ghost 2003) - same, Go to repair and fix MBR - nada ... What to do, try more? Tnx.

Can't you just backup the data and do a clean install? If you have the drivers for the mother board, that's what I would do. If not, you should be able to install it without the R option and without formatting. Backup the data not matter which way you go.

Maybe this helps to give you more information. http://support.microsoft.com/defaul... How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP

guapo: no. Too many programs, stupid office 2007 (registration problems), files, etc. etc. Chuck 2: Thanx, but no. There is no solution. Interesting thing is that on disk can write, read... but when finishing copy sys files from CD, and when try to save configuration files, about minute or 2 (cpu is 3GHz, ram 1GHz), error. !@!!#grmble :-< Seems like something traped cfg files when they goes to write. (If I know what to delete, it'll be nice).

Boot up the Recovery Console and run chkdsk /f /r on the drive.

to: aegis Yes. Did it :). Nothing. Scan, clean - no... (mabe Regrun 5, or regit, don't remember the name (regrun partizan), years ago :) which has been installed there, did some stupidity in MBR (like redirection, traps ?) and after I removed it, this segment, part stay (and wait for it's moment... grrr.)

when ask for fresh instalation or R, don't types R,please types enter ,when you see "R"second ,please types R,then reinstall xp can save your datas,